Gary Johnson Calls for Withdraw from Middle East

Johnson, a Libertarian who is on 47 state ballots and fighting petition challenges in the other three, including Pennsylvania, suggested that the U.S. presence in the Middle East is abetting unrest in the region.

“Get out of these embassies, just plain get out,” Johnson said in an interview Monday with the Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call. “Right now, they seem to be the focal point for being able to express that dissension.”

“What are U.S. interests when it comes to the Middle East? If it’s keeping us safe, I would argue that our military interventions are what are keeping us unsafe. We’re over there and innocent people are dying. When we wag our tail, there’s a consequence of that tail wag.”

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